In this article, you will find the list of the 51 most important Microsoft Word shortcut keys and their functions.
There is no doubt that Microsoft Word is the world’s most used document editor. The Work app is one of the Microsoft Office Suite apps.
Although there have been other emerging document editors such as this Online Google Docs – non is yet to take the place of Word.
Over the years, we have had an amazing upgrade in the Microsoft office tool. It gets only better after each update.
Currently, it comes with so many in-build templates and online templates. It is currently more than just a text document.
The most amazing part is its shortcuts functionalities. The shortcut speeds up your job and saves you lots of time. This we are going to list on the table.
Microsoft Word shortcuts
| No | Keys | Functions |
| 1 | F1 key | Get help or use the Office assistant |
| 2 | SHIFT and F1 Key | Context-sensitive help |
| 3 | F2 Key | Move text or image |
| 4 | SHIFT + F2 Key | Copy text |
| 5 | F3 Key | Insert an autotext entry |
| 6 | SHIFT + F3 Key | Change the case of the selected text |
| 7 | F4 Key | Perform last action again |
| 8 | SHIFT + F4 Key | Perform a Find or go to action again. |
| 9 | SHIFT + F5 Key | Move to a previous revision |
| 10 | F6 Key | Go to the next frame or pane |
| 11 | SHIFT + F6 Key | Go to the previous frame or pane |
| 12 | F5 Key | Displays the Go to the dialogue box |
| 13 | F7 Key | Launch the Spell checker |
| 14 | SHIFT + F7 Key | Launch the Thesaurus |
| 15 | F8 Key | Extend the current selection |
| 16 | SHIFT + F8 Key | Shrink the current selection |
| 17 | F9 Key | Update the selected fields |
| 18 | SHIFT + F9 Key | Switch between a field code and the result. |
| 19 | F10 Key | Activate the menu bar |
| 20 | SHIFT + F10 Key | Display a Shortcut Menu (same as right-clicking) |
| 21 | F11 Key | Go to the next field |
| 22 | SHIFT + F11 Key | Go to the previous field |
| 23 | F12 Key | Save file As, equivalent to the tools menu |
| 24 | SHIFT + F12 Key | Save the document, equivalent to the tools menu |
| 25 | CTRL and A | Selects all in the current document |
| 26 | CTRL and B | Bold text |
| 27 | CTRL and C | Copies the item to the Clipboard and can be pasted. |
| 28 | CTRL and D | Displays the Font dialogue box |
| 29 | CTRL and E | Centre Alignment |
| 30 | CTRL and F | Displays the Find dialog box, to search on the current document. |
| 31 | CTRL and G | Displays Go to the dialog box, to go to a particular location in the current document. |
| 32 | CTRL and H | Displays the Replace dialogue box |
| 33 | CTRL and I | Italic text |
| 34 | CTRL and J | Full Justification |
| 35 | CTRL and K | Create Hyperlink |
| 36 | CTRL and L | Left Alignment |
| 37 | CTRL and M | Tab |
| 38 | CTRL and N | Creates a new document |
| 39 | CTRL and O | Displays the Open File dialogue box |
| 40 | CTRL and P | Displays the Print dialog box |
| 41 | CTRL and R | Right Alignment. |
| 42 | CTRL and S | Displays the Save dialog box |
| 43 | CTRL and U | Underline text |
| 44 | CTRL and V | Pastes the copied item from the Clipboard into the current position in the document. |
| 45 | CTRL and X | Cuts the item selected to the Clipboard |
| 46 | CTRL and Y | Redo the last undone action |
| 47 | CTRL and Z | Undoes the last action |
| 48 | CTRL and ENTER | Insert Page Break |
| 49 | CTRL and F2 | Show Print preview |
| 50 | CTRL and F4 | Closes the active document window |
| 51 | CTRL and F6 | Opens the next document window |
Hope these keys were helpful to you. Please comment any Microsoft Word shortcut key we didn’t include – so we can add it as soon as possible.
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